Judging

[Lance Van Nostrand]

Good question and I'm trying to think of an answer.  The problem is, we don't really know how manuvers are being judged as a general rule.  If one makes a point to watch a specific flight, and then go peek at their tear sheet, you can find out.  Or maybe you might notice that a pilot you think you beat actually beats you could lead you to wonder if those mistakes you saw were also observed by the judge.  but as a general rule this is a hard question. 
   I've said it before, but I think not having a way to see the judges scores for a flight in near real time keeps pattern confusing for interested spectators and difficult for us to improve our judging.  If this were available, I'm sure most pilots would be intrigued enough to watch a flight and compare the judges score to their own score to see how it compares.  Spectators would feel they could follow along and have a feel for how the contest is going and when a particularly good flight was performed.  Pilots might also have particular interest in their buddy's performance, or might compare their assessments to those of a respected judge.  It might spark other conversations over a beer regarding perceptions, none of which I can see as damaging.
  A thread some time ago described various ways to do this.  The easiest was to have "scribes" that held up their hands with a manuver score.  Back of the hand was a whole number, palms facing was a half point.
  I bet if we tried this at contests over the next few weeks you'd be more likely to get feedback on your question.
--Lance

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Ramsey 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:48 PM
  Subject: Judging


  Are there any areas that seem to be miss judged at the contest you attend?  If you think so, please send me an email at don.ramsey at cox.net so I can discuss them in the K-Factor.

  Don Ramsey
  NSRCA Judging Committee Chairman
  AMA 6096  NSRCA 1506
  email:    don.ramsey at cox.net
  website: http://members.cox.net/don.ramsey
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